Fia, the wingless fairy sister, anticipates celebrating her engagement to her best friend. As Fia helps the woodkins harvest food, a mischievous imp spirits away the two littlest woodkins. Will Fia be able to face the imp alone and save her friends? In this companion volume to the award-winning Fairy Wings, Lauren Mills and Dennis Nolan create a magical world filled with fairies, imps, trolls, woodkins, and all kinds of sprightly beings.
Dinosaurs disappeared completely from the Earth many, many years ago...or did they? An ALA Notable Children's Book A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year! Millions of years ago, dinosaurs roamed the shores of Mesozoic seas. They lay eggs in the shade of ginkgo trees, and as time went on, dinosaurs grew, and grew, and grew. There were so many different species of dinosaurs. Large, monstrous, and fearsome, they ruled the earth. Until gradually, there were no dinosaurs left. But they didn't disappear completely. Some dinosaurs had feathers, which grew and grew...until all through the skies were hundreds of species of birds, which flew and flew. From the bestselling creator of Dinosaur Dream Dennis Nolan comes a poetic nonfiction picture book about how dinosaurs evolved into birds. A Bank Street Best Book of the Year - Outstanding Merit An ILA-CBC Children's Choice!
Offering a comprehensive A-Z reference, this book serves as an essential guide to terminology in the safety and loss prevention field. Each entry includes detailed descriptions, background information, and meanings, enhancing the reader's understanding. The text is organized alphabetically and features supplemental appendices with safety organizations, standards, and acronyms. Additionally, it incorporates two-paragraph explanations, along with photographs, diagrams, graphs, and tables to further support the learning process.